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INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY
Sample Schedule


Washington, D.C./New York, NY Sessions

 

Day 1

  • Registration
  • Campus Tours
  • Welcome Session
  • TA Group Orientation

Day 2

  • Lecture Series: Theories of International Relations
  • Ropes Challenge Course
  • Leadership Series: The Personality Matrix and Group Dynamics
  • Dessert Social

Day 3

  • AU Credit Option
  • Country Briefing
  • Guest Speaker
  • Security Council Simulation
  • Leadership Workshop: Ethics
  • Game Night

Day 4

  • Travel to New York City
  • Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty
  • Times Square
  • Check-in to Hotel

Day 5

  • United Nations Visit
  • Return to Washington, D.C.

Day 6

  • U.S. State Department Visit
  • Guest Speaker
  • Security Council Simulation
  • Lecture Series: International Organizations and International Law
  • Washington at Night Tour
    • Jefferson Memorial
    • FDR Memorial
    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Vietnam War and Korean War Memorials
    • Iwo Jima Memorial

Day 7

  • Capitol Hill and the Smithsonian Institution
    • Congressional Visits
    • Library of Congress
    • Air and Space Museum
    • National Gallery of Art
    • American History Museum
    • And many more
  • Security Council Simulation
  • World Simulation
  • TA Group Meeting
  • Ice Cream Social

Day 8

  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Visit
  • Security Council Simulation
  • Leadership Series: Ethics in International Diplomacy
  • Lecture Series: Globalization and Actors in Global Affairs
  • Leadership Workshop: Public Speaking
  • World Simulation
  • Pizza Party

Day 9

  • Embassy Visit (partial list of possible embassies)
    • Bangladesh
    • Brazil
    • Chile
    • Denmark
    • Egypt
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Greece
    • Japan
    • Jordan
    • Kenya
    • Kuwait
    • Lebanon
    • Mexico
    • Russia
    • Switzerland
    • Syria
    • Thailand
    • United Kingdom
  • World Simulation
  • Leadership Workshop: Conflict Resolution
  • Baltimore Harbor Visit

Day 10

  • Security Council Simulation
  • Cross-Cultural Communication Simulation
  • Final TA Group Meeting
  • DJ Dance

Day 11

  • Closing Ceremony
  • Departure

Note: While not every session is scheduled the same, this is an example of an International Diplomacy session.